The Handbook of Reparations

Edited by Pablo De Greiff

The most comprehensive book-length study of reparation programs currently available, including case-studies, thematic chapters, and national legislation documents

Contains contributions from an international and cross-disciplinary group of leading scholars and practitioners

Provides answers to questions which frequently arise in the design and implementation of large-scale reparation programs around the world

Will have a genuine impact on both the theory and practice of future reparation programs

The Handbook of Reparations

Edited by Pablo De Greiff

Description

This Handbook provides a broad range of essential information about past experiences with massive reparations programs as well as normative guidance for future practice. It examines in detail reparations programs in different parts of the world; includes thematic papers on topics that frequently come about in the design and implementation of reparations programs; and, finally, reproduces key documents on reparations, including national legislation.

In addition to providing a wealth of factual information about a wide range of reparations programs (some of them previously unexamined), the thematic papers break new ground, tackling issues that have not been sufficiently addressed (if at all) in the literature, including the very notion of justice in reparations for the massive cases, the relationship between material compensation and other symbolic measures of reparations, and the complicated set of questions around how to provide reparations to victims of sexual violence.

Finally, the book makes available fundamental documents on reparations, including national legislation. These documents--which are either difficult to find or have never been translated into English before--are both directly relevant to the case studies and the thematic papers, and illuminating to those thinking prospectively about the design and implementation of reparations programs.

The Handbook of Reparations

Edited by Pablo De Greiff

Table of Contents

Part I: Case Studies 1. Economic Reparations for Grave Human Rights Violations: The Argentine Experience, María José Guembe2. The Reparations Policy for Human Rights Violations in Chile, Elizabeth Lira3. The Reparations Program in Brazil, Ignacio Cano, Patrícia Ferreira4. The Reparations Proposals of the Truth Commissions in El Salvador and Haiti: A History of Non-Compliance, Alex Segovia5. Overview of the Reparations Program in South Africa, Chris Colvin6. Reparations in Malawi, Diana Cammack7. Report on Redress: The Japanese-American Internment, Eric Yamamoto, Liann Ebesugawa8. Compensation for the Victims of September 11th, Samuel Issacharoff, Anna Morawiec Mansfield9. The United Nations Compensation Commission, Hansvan Houtte, Hans Das and Bart Delmartino10. German Reparations to the Jews after World War Two: A Turning Point in the History of Reparations, Ariel Colonomos, Andrea Armstrong11. Making Good Again: Compensation for Nazi Concentration Camp Inmates, John AuthersPart II: Thematic Studies 12. Justice and Reparations, Pablo de Greiff13. Reparations, International Law, and Global Justice: A New Frontier, Richard Falk14. The Relevance of Inter-American Human Rights Law and Practice to Repairing the Past, Arturo Carrillo15. Reparations and Civil Litigation: Compensation for Human Rights Violations in Transitional Democracies, Jaime Malamud-Goti, Lucas Grosman16. Narrowing the Micro and Macro: A Psychological Perspective on Reparations in Societies in Transition, Brandon Hamber17. Reparations and Mental Health: Psychosocial Interventions towards Healing, Human Agency, and Rethreading Social Realities, M.Brinton Lykes, Marcie Mersky18. Reparation of Sexual Violence in Democratic Transitions: The Search for Gender Justice, Colleen Duggan Adila M. Abusharaf19. Financing Reparations Programs: Reflections from International Experience, Alex Segovia20. Reparations and Microfinance Schemes, Hans Dieter Seibel with Andrea ArmstrongPart III: Primary Documents and Legislation from Case Studies 21. Argentina22. Nunca Más: The Report of the Argentine National Commission on the Disappeared,Part VI: Recommendations and Conclusions, 'Recommendations' 23. Brazil24. El Salvador25. Haiti26. South Africa27. Malawi28. US: Japanese-American Internment29. US: September 11, 200130. Germany: Jewish Victims of the Holocaust31. Germany: Forced and Slave Labor

The Handbook of Reparations

Edited by Pablo De Greiff

Author Information

Pablo De Greiff is Director of Research at the International Center for Transitional Justice (ICTJ). Originally from Colombia, he obtained his B.A. at Yale and his Ph.D. in philosophy at Northwestern University. As Director of the ICTJ's Research Unit, he has overseen a global reparations project and has been actively engaged in disseminating the results via papers, conferences, and technical assistance in Guatemala, Peru, and to the United Nations. Prior to joining ICTJ, he was associate professor in the Department of Philosophy at the State University of New York at Buffalo. He has written extensively on transitions to democracy, democratic theory, and the relationship between morality, politics, and law. From 2000 to 2001, he was the recipient of a fellowship from the National Endowment for the Humanities, and was a Laurance S. Rockefeller Fellow at the Center for Human Values at Princeton University.

The Handbook of Reparations

Edited by Pablo De Greiff

Reviews and Awards

"De Greiff's professional philosophical background is what elevates and distinguishes this Handbook from being merely a how-to exercise...Highly recommended."--CHOICE